Anton Korobov Leads Aeroflot Open

SonofPearl

Updated: Feb 12, 2012, 6:25 AM | 9 | Chess Event Coverage

After four rounds of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Anton Korobov (pictured) is the sole leader with 3½ points.

The 17th seed Korobov from Ukraine beat Fabiano Caruana in round four to claim the lead, just half a point ahead of a pack of 11 players on 3 points.

Fabiano Caruana is back on 2½ points, the same score as defending champion Le Quang Liem and US junior star Ray Robson.

The Aeroflot Open is one of the strongest Open tournaments in the world, and the winner will earn an invitation to compete at the Dortmund Super-Tournament in July.

The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes to a finish with an increment of 30 seconds per move from the start.

All rounds start at 15:00 local time (11:00 UTC). The latest news can be found at the official website.

The top standings after four rounds:

	Name	Nat	Elo	Pts
1	GM Korobov, Anton	UKR	2660	3.5
2	GM Sokolov, Ivan	NED	2641	3.0
3	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2634	3.0
4	GM Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2670	3.0
5	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2740	3.0
6	GM Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2664	3.0
7	GM Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2670	3.0
8	GM Balogh, Csaba	HUN	2665	3.0
9	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2620	3.0
10	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2658	3.0
11	GM Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2652	3.0
12	GM Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2638	3.0
13	GM Socko, Bartosz	POL	2636	2.5
14	GM Gajewski, Grzegorz	POL	2616	2.5
15	GM Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2736	2.5
16	GM Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2714	2.5
17	GM Esen, Baris	TUR	2534	2.5
18	GM Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2529	2.5
19	GM Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2690	2.5
20	GM Iordachescu, Viorel	MDA	2651	2.5
21	GM Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2688	2.5
22	GM Popov, Ivan	RUS	2599	2.5
23	GM Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2700	2.5
24	GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP	2618	2.5
25	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2688	2.5
26	GM Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2658	2.5
27	GM Robson, Ray	USA	2596	2.5
28	GM Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	2632	2.5
29	GM Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2673	2.5
30	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2622	2.5
31	GM Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2638	2.5
32	GM Ragger, Markus	AUT	2655	2.5
33	GM Sandipan, Chanda	IND	2628	2.5
34	GM Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2641	2.5

Anton Korobov Leads Aeroflot Open

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